The new beta can be found in the beta section of the "manage plugins" page of your installation.
Update:
[I] Released 2.0.1.0 - October 16 2017[I]
Release candidate 2.0.0.24 - October 11 2017
In this beta important changes have been done regaring the use of deCONZ on non standard ports. Several issues in this area have been solved on this version. If you are planning to use a ConBee on the same machine as your HS3 machine, then you need to use this version.
Also several smaller issues on sensors have been solved in this beta.
Release candidate 2.0.0.20 - September 25 2017
Release candidate plugin v 20.0.0.17 - September 14 2017
Dresden electronics released a beta deCONZ and firmware today to be tested on the USB ConBee.
Those that were waiting to use the USB ConBee to connect to the Homeseer server on Windows or Ubuntu can now join in:
Windows: https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/de...2_V2_04_74.exe
Linux Ubuntu: https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/deconz/ubuntu/beta/
New beta plugin v 20.0.0.16 - September 1 2017
I hope the plugin will be pretty much stable from here.
New beta plugin v 2.0.0.15 - August 30 2017
Lots of changes in this version, making it more stable.
Thanks to the brave ones that helped me kick issues and add improvements
new beta plugin v 2.0.0.11 - August 21 2017
new beta plugin v 2.0.0.8 - August 16 2017
Find the RaspBee here at Amazon as assembled kit, or as Raspberry pi addon here.
The ConBee USB gateway is also dielivering the deCONZ gateway, but has an adavantage that you can connect this device to your Windows, Mac or Ubuntu machine with Homeseer running on the same machine. Also, the USB is taking advantage of the CPU and memory on this machine, where the RaspBee by its nature could be a much smaller machine, although it has proven to run perfectly with 60+ devices.
Advantages of using the RaspBee/ConBee devices as ZigBee gateway is WebSocket support, which enables immediate response for sensor devices (motion sensors and button sensors) and light settings without the need of polling. It is possible to connect a total of 200 devices to these gateways. Also, there are more supported ZigBee enabled devices which can now be controlled by this plugin in combination with the gateways, including sharing presets, scenes and animations between the different brands!
The developers are striving to support most - if not all - ZigBee Home Automation, ZigBee Light Link and ZigBee 3.0 devices, having a power device to support almost everything.
A short growing list of supported brands of lights and plugs:
For a complete overview check this compatibility sheet
The plugin at its current level supports use of deCONZ 2.04.75. The RaspBee is already provided with an installed copy of deCONZ. Once the Raspbee is started, you should be able to upgrade from the webpage that is shown when you go to the ipadress of the RaspBee and login with the default user and password.
The ConBee can be used with Windows, MAC and Linux. A new beta for Ubuntu and Windows is available, the link is on top of this post.
During the beta stage of the plugin, I will try to implement important beta changes for the RaspBee as well.
The plugin wil continue to support the Philips Hue bridge as well, so in fact this plugin is supporting two environments from now on!
Aside from the updates needed for the new type of bridges the next updates were done for the Philips bridge:
When you are on a Philips bridge and have the time, please also test this beta plugin if possible. We need to be sure everything is still working as expected.
If you have questions or issues regarding this beta, please post them in this thread!
And a special thanks to posixx, who helped me big time by pointing me to this development and taking a big leap by migrating 60 lights and a load of taps and motion sensors to the RaspBee! And it works great already with this beta. The fact that signals are immediate now are very noticable
Wim
Update:
[I] Released 2.0.1.0 - October 16 2017[I]
Release candidate 2.0.0.24 - October 11 2017
In this beta important changes have been done regaring the use of deCONZ on non standard ports. Several issues in this area have been solved on this version. If you are planning to use a ConBee on the same machine as your HS3 machine, then you need to use this version.
Also several smaller issues on sensors have been solved in this beta.
Release candidate 2.0.0.20 - September 25 2017
- Enabled bright 0 in the JowiHue actions/set lights action. Bright 0 will set light off from now on.
- Solved some sensor issues with frequent updates.
- Solved an issue where groups an sensors could throw errors when the plugin was not finished starting yet.
- Solved an issue on the bridge maintenance page where lights would not be shown correct.
Release candidate plugin v 20.0.0.17 - September 14 2017
- The plugin is updated to support deCONZ 2.04.76.
- Device icons are updated for a fresh look. They are also simplified as many brands can now be used in the plugin
- Remotes and motion sensors will be converted to use the right values. You might need to check your events on this.
- Added support for the Xiaomi MI Cube. Fun to play with! Look here
- Created a 'generic' version for motion sensers and remotes. This way a new device will create devices and you can check which values are used, even if yet unknown to the plugin.
- Solved a few issues regarding handling of groups
- Solved an error during the database conversion.
- If a bridge scene is used in a JowiHue action, the id would be shown as description of the action. This is corrected.
- Editing scenes would go wrong if the name of a light contained a apostrophe. This is now works as expected.
- There was an issue where the plugin finds a new update for the bridge. This was caused by the new method of updating by Philips. This has been resolved. The plugin can now correctly update the firmware of the bridge again.
Dresden electronics released a beta deCONZ and firmware today to be tested on the USB ConBee.
Those that were waiting to use the USB ConBee to connect to the Homeseer server on Windows or Ubuntu can now join in:
Windows: https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/de...2_V2_04_74.exe
Linux Ubuntu: https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/deconz/ubuntu/beta/
New beta plugin v 20.0.0.16 - September 1 2017
- Issue with the incomplete XML file has been resolved
- Corrected remote control, bothe IKEA and Philips Dimmerswitch were having issues to be added to the plugin.
- Added an option in the Configuration page/Miscellanious tab to disable the creation of sensorgroups, which is only neeNZ, there would be no need of these groups.
- Again lots of small changes to improve the efficiency of the plugin.
I hope the plugin will be pretty much stable from here.
New beta plugin v 2.0.0.15 - August 30 2017
Lots of changes in this version, making it more stable.
- Sensors can now be moved between bridges as well, keeping events and devicenumbers the same.
- Handling of unknown light models is been improved. You will get the question to report the model to the plugin authour only once. If you get the question, please include the possiblilities (color, or color temperature, of just white) and the powerconsumption (5 Volt) and usage expectations (25000 hours).
- A button has been added to the configuration page, Miscelannious tab. This button will export the bulb definitions, this enables you to send the file with the definitions for unknown bulbs.
- Support for the motion sensor of TRADFRI IKEA is added. Other brands of motion sensors should add normally, if they have extra functions, let me know.
- Support for the TRADFIRI IKEA remotes have been added (works even better as the Philips DimmerSwitch here).
- If you had the Dimmer Switch or the IKEA remote added before, you best delete the devices for the remote(s) before starting the plugin as its definitions are fine tuned.
- Solved an issue when a 'virgin' installation with a RaspBee/ConBee was done. The plugin would neve finish initialisation. This is resolved now.
- The help documentation is now included in the installation. It is still a work in process, but it should help you get started.
- Found an issue with moving lights that would throw out errors in certain situation. A restart would solve it, but I added some code to prevent this situation from happening.
- Lots of small changes to make sure the plugins speed matches the RaspBee/ConBee speed.
Thanks to the brave ones that helped me kick issues and add improvements
new beta plugin v 2.0.0.11 - August 21 2017
- Lights can now be moved (one by one!) between bridges; the plugin will update the devices and clear the light from the old bridge. Events stay intact.
- Improved usage of configuration page
- removing lights from bridge is now available in the bridge maintenance page
- Bridge group creation, editing and deletion is moved to the bridge maintenance page
- colorloops can now vary in speed by using a RaspBee/Conbee gateway. In the JowiHue action you can even differ per light.
- Dim values can now be used a percentage (for alexa users)
- Lightlevel values on motion sensors can now be shown as Lux values
- Scanning for new sensors to the bridge can now be started on the configuration page
- Update user documentation
- Many small bug fixes
new beta plugin v 2.0.0.8 - August 16 2017
- Information added and ability to delete lights from the bridge on the "bridge maintenance" page of the plugin
- Moved group editing from the "configuration" page to the "bridge maintenance" page
- Improved groups management of devices
- On a RaspBee it was possible that a sensorcommand was triggering twice. Won't happen anymore
- Implemented several small API improvements to level 2.0.04.64 of RaspBee.
Find the RaspBee here at Amazon as assembled kit, or as Raspberry pi addon here.
The ConBee USB gateway is also dielivering the deCONZ gateway, but has an adavantage that you can connect this device to your Windows, Mac or Ubuntu machine with Homeseer running on the same machine. Also, the USB is taking advantage of the CPU and memory on this machine, where the RaspBee by its nature could be a much smaller machine, although it has proven to run perfectly with 60+ devices.
Advantages of using the RaspBee/ConBee devices as ZigBee gateway is WebSocket support, which enables immediate response for sensor devices (motion sensors and button sensors) and light settings without the need of polling. It is possible to connect a total of 200 devices to these gateways. Also, there are more supported ZigBee enabled devices which can now be controlled by this plugin in combination with the gateways, including sharing presets, scenes and animations between the different brands!
The developers are striving to support most - if not all - ZigBee Home Automation, ZigBee Light Link and ZigBee 3.0 devices, having a power device to support almost everything.
A short growing list of supported brands of lights and plugs:
For a complete overview check this compatibility sheet
The plugin at its current level supports use of deCONZ 2.04.75. The RaspBee is already provided with an installed copy of deCONZ. Once the Raspbee is started, you should be able to upgrade from the webpage that is shown when you go to the ipadress of the RaspBee and login with the default user and password.
The ConBee can be used with Windows, MAC and Linux. A new beta for Ubuntu and Windows is available, the link is on top of this post.
During the beta stage of the plugin, I will try to implement important beta changes for the RaspBee as well.
The plugin wil continue to support the Philips Hue bridge as well, so in fact this plugin is supporting two environments from now on!
Aside from the updates needed for the new type of bridges the next updates were done for the Philips bridge:
- Added the ability to scan for new sensors on the bridges
- Corrected the Group editing functions on the configuration pages
- Added new types of lights coming from Philips
- it is now possible to move a light to a different bridge while the plugin is running... only one at a time!
- if a motion sensor is moved to a different bridge, the plugin will remove the sensor form the old bridge and remove the old devices. A new set of devices is created with the same sensor name.
- Many small improvements and bugs caught
When you are on a Philips bridge and have the time, please also test this beta plugin if possible. We need to be sure everything is still working as expected.
If you have questions or issues regarding this beta, please post them in this thread!
And a special thanks to posixx, who helped me big time by pointing me to this development and taking a big leap by migrating 60 lights and a load of taps and motion sensors to the RaspBee! And it works great already with this beta. The fact that signals are immediate now are very noticable
Wim
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